JMU Athletics Leading the Way Since 2000-01

JMU Athletics Leading the Way Since 2000-01

Courtesy:JMUSports.com Release:08/17/2011

Since 2000, James Madison University Department of Athletics has experienced great success, both on the playing field and in the classroom along with various improvements throughout the department and University. Over that time period, the Dukes have had numerous highlights including:

2004 NCAA I-AA Football National Championship 21 Team NCAA Championship Appearances plus numerous individual appearances 5 National Players of the Year (in respective sports at their position) 31 Combined Regular Season and Tournament Conference Championships, including a school-record five CAA Conference Championships in both 2000-01 and 2010-11 2 CAA 25^th Anniversary Silver Stars (top 25 student-athletes in all sports in CAA history) 34 CAA 25th Anniversary Honorees
	87 Individual CAA Champions 43 CAA Athletes of the Year 22 CAA Rookies of the Year 21 CAA Coaches of the Year 776 All-CAA Honorees 19 CAA Tournament Most Outstanding Players/Performers 110 CAA All-Tournament Honorees
*Academic Success* 10 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans (the nationally-recognized standard) 34 CoSIDA Academic All-District 2 CAA Male/Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year 8 CAA Sport Scholar-Athletes of the Year 1,601 CAA Commissioner's Academic Award winners An average of more than 190 JMU Athletic Director Scholar-Athletes per year
	*Other special accomplishments include* The 2010 football win over then FBS No. 13 and eventual ACC Champion Virginia Tech, the second-ever victory by a FCS school over a ranked-FBS squad. Women's basketball's Dawn Evans winning the 2011 Jimmy V Foundation Comeback Award, as well as one of the CAA's nominees for NCAA Woman of the Year. JMU second among state schools in 2010-11 overall athletics results. Alum Charles Haley being enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame in 2011.
*A significant improvement of facilities for numerous areas of athletics, including construction:* Construction of the Robert and Frances Plecker Athletic Performance Center Construction of Memorial Park Facilities for Baseball and Softball, including Indoor Practice Facilities Expansion at Bridgeforth Stadium Construction of Golf Practice Facilities - Indoor and Outdoor Current Construction at University Park
	*Additional Accomplishments* Fan support increased over the years, including ranking in the top 15 nationally in both attendance average and attendance based on capacity in football attendance for the last seven years. Private support increases in unrestricted giving to the Duke Club by almost 400 percent over the last 10 years. Increase in ticket sales, as football season ticket revenue has increased more than 750 percent from 2001 to 2011 so far and overall ticket revenue is up almost 500 percent in the same time period before the 2011 season gets underway. In 2010, entered in a comprehensive marketing partnership with Front Row Marketing Services to increase the support for the various sports programs and student-athletes at JMU.

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